How to Use contradiction in a Sentence

contradiction

noun

• There have been some contradictions in his statements.
• There is a contradiction between what he said yesterday and what he said today.
• What he said yesterday is in direct contradiction to what he said today.
• Her statements are mired in contradiction.
• No one was surprised by the defendant's contradiction of the plaintiff's accusations.
• Her rebuttal contained many contradictions to my arguments.
• Which is just one more of the many contradictions at the heart of Freedom Bowls.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2024
• The contradiction led to calls for the government to extend the EPG.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• In the 1960s, the country was living in a contradiction.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• The catch, of course, is in the PGA Tour’s ultimate contradiction.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
• At the root of the contradictions are difficult choices that haven’t been made.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The document is not a contradiction of faith and morals.
  — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
• The diva holds inside her this contradiction of being able to heal and destroy at the same time.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• Like a shell contains a nut, so Nuts hold contradictions.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
• No one spoke up to explain the contradiction, leaving the world to believe that indeed, he had been told that, and now, well, things had just changed.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
• And that, perhaps, is the core contradiction of Memphis.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Feb. 2023
• Bahnsen told Harper's Bazaar that the collaboration builds on the playful contradictions at the heart of her brand and the wardrobes of the people who wear it.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
• In a few months, this Congress would do well to stage a follow-up session and to explore some of the contradictions in approach.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
• For the better part of a decade, Portugal has been something of a contradiction.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• That goes, too, for what might be her most touching contradiction.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
• Which is the depth of human experience, the minutiae of it, the joy of it, the tragedy of it, the paradox and contradiction of it in every moment.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
• The result can be contradictions for companies and headaches for courts.
  — Ian Prasad Philbrick, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
• The Chamomile Old Fashioned only seems like a contradiction.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2023
• Having grown up hidden away, Cootie soon experiences the beauty and contradictions of the world for the first time.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 5 June 2023
• So there's something about that where the character also has to embody the contradiction of being one thing and not the other.
  — EW.com, 24 Feb. 2024
• On his way to wardrobe, Chaplin decided that everything should be a contradiction: a coat and hat that were too small, pants and shoes that were too big.
  — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• Nor is there much exploration of any conflicts and contradictions within the scene.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2023
• This contradiction means the legacy of punk is ever changing.
  — Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Dec. 2022
• And like so many of the best rappers, Donald and Walter dwelled comfortably in contradiction.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2023
• What explains those contradictions is that many Americans vote more out of fear than hope.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024